Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Lost River Trail

“Yes. He’s the cat and I’m the foot,” answered another voice, and Stacy Brown strolled into camp with his chest thrown out. “I’ve been captured, sentenced to death, and, being t...

“Miss Briggs, do you feel equal to starting back to Silver Creek?” questioned the guide as she returned. “The sooner we get away from here the better it may be for us.”

The guide nodded and urged his pony ahead at a more rapid pace. The others were keeping up a continual chatter, laughing and joking, and Ham White wondered if they fully realize...

It was Hippy Wingate’s first conscious moment since he was struck down while sleeping with his back against a tree not far from the Overland camp. All was darkness about him as...

“No. Stay where you are for the present, please.” The camp was silent for a moment, then White stood up. “It’s Jim Haley!” he announced. “And he has been pretty roughly used.”

“Yes, and not a life lost,” agreed Grace Harlowe, herself worn out and disheveled. “It is a miracle. Mr. White, they should get down on their knees to thank you for what you hav...

“Listen, Lieutenant! There is peril in the air,” answered Ham White. “I don’t know where it is, but I do know there is trouble afoot, and that instant action is necessary. I don...

“We might as well move on,” advised Grace. “To-morrow will be Sunday, and we ought to find a good camping place for that day, and have a day of rest.”

Emma would not do so, so Grace stretched forth a hand and forcibly removed Emma’s hand from her face. A red blotch on the cheek with a small white center were the only indicatio...

“Someone is coming,” announced Grace, when, half an hour later, her keen ears detected a sound, faint, though unmistakable. She was the only one of the party to hear it at that...

“Wow! I’ll show you that you can’t steal my beans and my fish!” yelled an angry voice behind Miss Briggs. The outlaw was pulling himself together and unsteadily getting to his f...

The howls were coming nearer with the seconds, it seemed. There were suggestive rustlings, and the faint sound of padded feet on the soft ground somewhere to the right of the pa...

“Hawk Murray!” exclaimed Elfreda Briggs, as one of the horsemen rode around the hedge and up to the door of the cabin. Elfreda recognized the man by his long hooked nose that re...

The camp was full of the beasts. They were ambling swiftly here and there, growling, sniffing, pawing, and apparently without fear. This, as some of the party knew, was not like...

Haven Home was brilliantly lighted, for it was Christmas eve, and Grace had made good her promise to ask the Overland Riders to spend the holiday week with her and Tom.

“Lieutenant!” called Hamilton White, and sprinted around the base of the big rock. Hippy Wingate was not far behind him, though Hippy did not know what had occurred, nor did he...

The two girls, with the guide, repaired to Lieutenant Wingate’s tent, and examined it, using their pocket lamps. It was as Hamilton White had said—there was every evidence that...

The Overlanders had grabbed pails and filled them from the creek, running with them to points where water soon would be needed. Stacy, however, with his usual disinclination to...

At first the fat boy didn’t know what had occurred; then he recalled that there had been a struggle in his tent and that a hand on his throat had nearly choked him to death. A f...

Bang! Bang! Bang! The air seemed filled with explosions of rifles and revolvers, and the Overland camp was in an uproar in a moment, even Stacy Brown rousing himself sufficientl...

“Sho—Shot!” gasped Elfreda Briggs, as the stranger lay huddled on the floor where he had fallen. He was breathing heavily, and perhaps it was this that brought Miss Briggs to he...

“‘Help! I’m in Dutch again. Get me out, quick. They are a lot of ruf—of fine gentlemen here, but they want something that you’ve got. If they don’t get it I’m to be shot at sunr...

“So that’s the game, is it?” chuckled Hippy, who had been regarding Tom narrowly, and saw by the expression of Captain Gray’s face that he had a definite motive in making the an...

After several hours of hard work assisting the women of the village to untangle the confusion of their homes, the contents of most of which were in the streets, Nora came runnin...

Hippy finds himself in the toils. Visited by his captors. “Keep quiet and listen to me!” warns a hoarse voice. A long and trying hike. The Overlander restored to his friends. “I...

Howls are mingled with snarls. Coyotes attack the dead bear. Wolves add to the uproar. A sight that thrilled. The battle brief. Grace takes a shot and misses. Stacy downs a lion...

A letter from Stacy. The fat boy to “be shot at sunrise.” In the hands of desperate men. A sudden flash lights up Tom Gray’s eyes. Bandits’ demands are met. The guide takes a hu...

Elfreda’s experience leaves her pale. More than one man involved in the attack. White finds a trail of blood. Stacy Brown votes himself the cross of war. The fat boy up to misch...

Hippy and the guide search for a prowler. Guarding the camp. An Overlander is missing. An anxious watch. The search abandoned. Nora reassured by the guide. Ham White admits that...

“I’ll show you you can’t steal my beans and fish!” howls the fat boy. Stacy proves himself a hero. Mysterious shots put the caller to flight. “They’ve shot him!” cried the girl....

“Hands up!” Peanuts are great civilizers. Overlanders regard their guest with suspicion. Emma makes the fat boy laugh. “Just another mystery.” “Now who are you, and what is your...

Overlanders visit Haven Home. A joyous Christmas reunion. Stacy Brown makes a sensational entrance. The pink and white bundle in the nursery. Surprises come thick and fast. What...

“There is peril in the air,” warns the guide. Overlanders take flight. Emma says the suspense is killing her. “The worst is yet to come,” promises Stacy Brown. Threatened by a f...

“Hawk Murray!” breathes Elfreda Briggs. The Overland girl keeps her nerve. Ready to defend herself. Startled by the return of a bandit. “Lady, what about the saddle over there i...

The journey to Silver Creek begun. Stacy helps himself to beans. The welcome home. “Lost River” an Indian legend. Words fail the fat boy. Miss Briggs confides in Grace. Elfreda’...

Bears on the rampage. Ponies snort in fright. “We’ve got them going!” cries Ham White. Havoc worked by marauding beasts. One bear is killed. Stacy confesses that he called the b...

Tom leads in the long night journey. Battle sounds in the air. Grace makes a pleasing discovery. A warning against the mountain bandits. The Overland party awakened by the crash...

Cat-foot Charlie arrives. A fallen hero. The arrival at Three Mile Pass. The key to many mysteries. Sunlight yellows the pass. “Look! Oh, look!” Grandma and the Children! Elfred...

Ham White directs the fire-fighters. Great tongues of flame. The panic increases. Grace urges village women to the creek. Danger in the water. Elfreda Briggs is carried away on...

Guns bang and Stacy lies low. Struck on the head. “I felt a hand under my pillow,” explains Miss Briggs. The guide is disturbed. Emma offers to “demonstrate” for him. Stacy alar...

Two Overland Riders now missing. Hamilton White is apprehensive. An all-night vigil. The guide sends wigwag signals in the early morn. “Great danger to both!” Grace Harlowe read...

The village is saved. Overland horses are missing. “Run, girls! Run!” cries Grace. Ham White is excited. Searching parties are organized. Emma concerned for her “Hamilton.” Anot...

Overland girls search the village for their missing companions. Ham White hears more bad news. The guide fears the worst. “There is another peril!” Only the lieutenant knows tha...

“It’s Jim Haley!” exclaims the guide. The mountain ruffians wanted peanuts. White refuses to double-cross the Overlanders. Ham White sees the “Forest Eyes.” The old prospector’s...

The wounded prospector tells his story. “Oh, you poor man,” cries Elfreda Briggs. “They shot me for gold!” A grave duty to perform. Miss Briggs’ legacy. Sam Petersen’s horse hid...

Emma misses an opportunity to “demonstrate.” A battle is fought over the Overlanders’ heads. A thrilling duel in the mountain meadow. “Something terrible is going to happen!” An...

Inhabitants of Silver Creek deride Ham White’s warning. Aroused at last. The fire demon roars. Miss Briggs narrowly escapes. “The fire is yonder! Work, you thick-heads!” A woman...

Carried away on a horse. In the hands of rough men. The fat boy forced to write a letter. His bluff is called. Bandits hear bad news. Stacy takes advantage of his opportunity.